这个主要设计与100多年前爱迪生取得专利的设计相比没什么变化。
The basic design changed little from that patented by Edison more than 100 years ago.
它同时还显著提升了专利的价值。
这其中大多是知识产权（版权，商标，专利的统称）。
Much of this consists of intellectual property, the collective name for copyrights, trademarks and patents.
因此，许多公司都鼓励员工想出可以申请专利的创意。
Many companies therefore offer incentives to their employees to come up with patentable ideas.
一项可专利的发明不仅内容要新奇，也要具备实用和非显而易见性。
To be eligible for a patent, an invention must not just be novel, but also useful and non-obvious.
即使很快达成出售专利的协议，任何交易都可能需要数月时间才能完成。
Even if an agreement is reached to sell the patents soon, it could take months for any deal to close.
10月份生效的修正专利法案加强了对专利的新颖性要求，使其达到全球标准。
Revisions to the patent law that take effect in October strengthen the requirement for a patent’s novelty, bringing it up to global standards.
某些发明确实有用，关键时刻总能救人一命，另一些发明却诡异得让人怀疑它们是怎么拿到专利的。
Some inventions are truly useful and will undoubtedly save lives, whereas others are so bizarre that one wonders how in the world they got patented.
大多数绿色技术将受到专利的保护，包括在工业上有用的新工艺、方法、工业品或设备，或对现有技术的显著改善。
Most green technologies will be protected by patents for new and industrially useful processes, methods, manufacture or machines, or for notable improvements to existing ones.
拥有超过40项专利，他就像现代版的本·富兰克林，今天想研究墨西哥暖流明天又会把风筝放上天去捕捉闪电。
Credited with more than 40 patents, he resembles a modern Ben Franklin, who would study the Gulf Stream one day and the next fly his kite to catch the secrets of lightning bolts.
该专利描述了一种激光技术，继而成为激光眼科手术的基础。
The patent described a laser technique that went on to become the foundation for Lasik eye surgery.
钻石牌在1911年公开了其P4S3火柴专利，因此竞争对手们可以停止使用极度危险的另一种材料：白磷。
Diamond released its patent for P4S3 matches in 1911 so competitors could stop using an extremely dangerous alternative: white phosphorous.
富兰克林是一位非常多产的发明家，但是他不愿意申请专利。
终止无意义的商业方法专利对在线商务是一个好消息。
An end to frivolous patents for business processes will be a blessing to online commerce.
去年，一个联邦特别工作组敦促对基因检测相关的专利进行改革。
Last year a federal task-force urged reform for patents related to genetic tests.
通过衡量每个人占有的专利数量，他们甚至发现更平等的国家更具创新性。
They even found that more equal countries are more innovative, as measured by patents earned per person.
他们不断增加在科研方面的投入，培养更多的工程师和科学家，申请更多专利，提交更多论文。
They are increasing their spending on science and technology, training more engineers and scientists, applying for more patents, and churning out more research papers.
意识到这一突破的重要性后，他立即申请了专利。
Realizing the importance of this breakthrough, he lost no time in patenting it.
16世纪晚期，荷兰的一个眼镜工匠汉斯·利伯希(HansLippershey)申请了第一个望远镜专利，声称发明了一个能使地球上远处的物体看起来更近的装置。
In the late 16th century, Hans Lippershey, an eyeglass-maker in Holland, applied for the first telescope patent, claiming invention of a device that made distant objects on Earth appear closer.
目前，他在服务站销售自己发明的燃料，但却顶住了外国石油公司的诱惑，拒绝出售生产生物柴油的专利。
He now sells his fuel at service stations, but refuses to sell his patent, despite attractive offers from overseas oil firms.
目前，他在服务站销售自己发明的燃料，但却顶住了外国石油公司的诱惑，拒绝出售生产生物柴油的专利。
He now sells his fuel at service stations, but refuses to sell his patent, despite attractive offers from overseas oil firms.
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